Where We Go Next

Lenore Skenazy started the Free-Range Kids movement and wrote the book, “Free-Range Kids.” Now she is cofounder and president of Let Grow, the national nonprofit promoting childhood independence. Lenore says our kids are smarter, safer, and stronger than our culture gives them credit for.

‘Old Enough’ Generates Parenting Debate, Latest Netflix Sensation (Featuring Lenore!) - YouTube

 50% of Parents Won’t Let Their Kids Go to Another Aisle in Grocery: Poll - Free Range Kids

Let Grow

• The Let Grow Project
• Independence Kit
• Let Grow Play Club

Free Range Kids

Raising Independent Kids - Facebook

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Max Sklar is the creator of the Local Maximum, a weekly podcast exploring current topics in tech, math, and political philosophy. Over the past five years, he has hosted many discussions and debates with top engineers, authors, and entrepreneurs. While working at Foursquare he wrote their city guide rating system, and he's currently working on an open-source database system (Newmap.ai) that is attempting to rethink from the ground up how engineers and scientists build data stores, algorithms, and artificial intelligence.

The Local Maximum

Toward a New Great Compromise A Constitutional Plan to Promote Liberty, Renew Democracy, and Restore Federalism, by Max Sklar

Bayesian Inference - Wikipedia

Monty Hall Problem - Wikipedia

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This is the 2nd Annual Very Special Boxing Day Episode of Where We Go Next, with longtime friend of the show Jay Shapiro. We discuss Jay's move to Madrid (hasta luego, Mexico City!), what Jay's been up to with the Dilemma Podcast, and we analyze The Green Knight, the 2021 film adaptation of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

whatjaythinks.com

S03E09: Israel and Palestine - Malevolent Machinery - Dilemma Podcast

S03E10: Antisemitism and the Future of Analysis - Dilemma Podcast

S03E11: Monsters and Distance - David Livingstone Smith - Dilemma Podcast

How to watch The Green Knight - JustWatch

The Green Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Spotify

How to watch Old Joy - JustWatch

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Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer, a columnist for Unherd, the co-host of the Feminine Chaos podcast, and the author of five novels. Her latest is called You Must Remember This, a Knives-out style whodunnit, which is now available in paperback.

You Shouldn’t Be Fired for Being a Jerk, by Kat Rosenfield for The Washington Post

katrosenfield.com

Kat's Unherd Essays

Blackface Incident at Post Cartoonist’s 2018 Halloween Party Resurfaces Amid Protests - The Washington Post

A Letter on Justice and Open Debate - Harper's Magazine

A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning - The New York Times

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Greg Lukianoff is the President & CEO of The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression. He is the author of Unlearning Liberty and Freedom from Speech and co-authored the 2018 New York Times bestseller, The Coddling of the American Mind with Jonathan Haidt. Most recently, he co-authored The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There is a Solution with Rikki Schlott.

FIRE - Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression

2024 College Free Speech Rankings - FIRE

2024 College Free Speech Rankings: Student Survey - FIRE

Free Speech Is in Trouble, by Nate Silver

The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But There Is a Solution, by Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Greg Lukianoff  and Jonathan Haidt

The Latest Victims of the Free-Speech Crisis, by Greg Lukianoff

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Nick Touran is a Ph.D. nuclear engineer with expertise in new nuclear reactor development and old reactor history. He's worked on new reactors professionally for over 15 years, and has run the public education website, whatisnuclear.com since 2006. He believes that nuclear energy can help the world decarbonize rapidly, and enjoys discussing this with anyone and everyone.

whatisnuclear.com

13: Nuclear Energy Can Save the World, with Nick Touran - Where We Go Next

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Dr. Daniel Scoggin is the co-founder of Great Hearts Academies. Over twenty years ago, he started as the headmaster of a classical, liberal arts academy in Tempe, AZ. In 2004, Dan authored the original Great Hearts business plan. Great Hearts now serves 26,000 students at 42 schools in Phoenix, San Antonio, and North Texas, with immediate plans to expand into Louisiana and Florida. In addition to serving on the Great Hearts America board, Dan is the Academies Officer, overseeing school operations and improvement as well as further brick-and-mortar expansion nationally.

Great Hearts Academies

Great Hearts, Great Minds - City Journal

Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius: The Annotated Edition

The Lost Tools of Learning, by Dorothy Sayers (PDF)

The Great Conversation: the Substance of a Liberal Education, by Robert Maynard Hutchins

How to Think About the Great Ideas, by Mortimer Adler

If You Liked This Conversation, You May Also Enjoy:

• 10: The Merits of a Modern Montessori Education, with Ray Girn and Matt Bateman - Where We Go Next
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• 23: Children Need Freedom to Grow Independent, with Lenore Skenazy - Where We Go Next
• 48: The Classics Belong to Everyone, with Dr. Anika Prather - Where We Go Next

Follow Great Hearts on X: @GreatHeartsAcad
Follow Great Hearts on Facebook: @GreatHeartsAcademies

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Rob Kenney is the creator and host of the YouTube Channel, "Dad, How Do I?" offering technical, practical, and fatherly advice about all aspects of life. His channel has grown to 4.5 million subscribers since launching in April of 2020, and he has come to be known affectionally as "The Internet's Dad."

Dad, How Do I? - YouTube

Dad, How Do I?: Practical "Dadvice" for Everyday Tasks and Successful Living, by Rob Kenney

68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves - Where We Go Next

76: Helping Young Men Find Meaning, Purpose, and Self-Worth, with Richie Hardcore - Where We Go Next

74: Going to Space, Reusing the Entire Rocket, and Flying Again in 24 Hours, with Andy Lapsa - Where We Go Next

Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

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Alexandra Hudson is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Civic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness and truth. She was named a 2020 Novak Journalism Fellow, and contributes to Fox News, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TIME Magazine, POLITICO Magazine, and Newsweek. Her new book - The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves - comes out next week on October 10th.

The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves, by Alexandra Hudson

alexandraohudson.com

Can Beauty Be Trusted?, by Alexandra Hudson

The Philosophy of Michel de Montaigne - YouTube

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Follow Alexandra on Instagram: @lexiskye09

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Gary Fish founded Deschutes Brewery in downtown Bend, Oregon in 1988. It began as a small pub that focused on handcrafted food, house-brewed beer and the purpose of bringing people together. Under Gary’s leadership, Deschutes Brewery has grown to become the 10th-largest craft brewery in the United States.

Deschutes Brewery

Old Mill District in Bend

Flagship on the River: A Deschutes Brewery Documentary - YouTube

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert Putnam

The Third Place - Wikipedia

Gary Fish Interview - Beer Advocate

The Bend Ale Trail

Follow Deschutes on Instagram: @deschutesbrewery

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